Open AccessModeling the eye as a window on the body
Author(s) -
Lucia Carichino,
Simone Cassani,
Sergey Lapin,
Alice Verticchio Vercellin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal for modeling in ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2468-3930
pISSN - 2468-3922
DOI - 10.35119/maio.v2i4.110
Subject(s) - medicine , signs and symptoms , affect (linguistics) , window (computing) , organ system , diabetes mellitus , systemic disease , intensive care medicine , window of opportunity , optometry , dermatology , pathology , disease , computer science , psychology , surgery , communication , endocrinology , real time computing , operating system
Systemic pathologies such as diabetes and hypertension affect different organs and systems in the body. However, the first signs of these pathologies often emerge as alterations in visual and structural functions in the eye. As a consequence, the ophthalmologist is often the first physician to make a diagnosis of systemic diseases. In fact, the eye represents a unique organ where signs of systemic diseases may be assessed with non-invasive techniques.